PTA Volunteer Opportunities

"Welcome Back" Morning Greeters Needed!

Can you lend a smile and a helping hand during Morning Drop-off?

At Lockwood, we have a long tradition of parents greeting and assisting our students as they arrive on campus by foot, car, or bus. This is a very important role that keeps drop-off running safely and efficiently. Further, receiving a friendly greeting from a parent is a fantastic start to every kids' school day. Your assistance in the morning would require relatively little time and your help is much needed and much appreciated.

"Welcome Back" Morning Greeters: For the first few weeks, we like to have a few extra folks present to welcome kids, help point them to their classrooms (especiallyKindergarteners!), and manage a smooth and safe flow of traffic in the drop-off circle. Morning Greeters are needed from 9-9:30am. If you are able to help our Lockwood students get to their classrooms safely (and on the right foot!), please sign up here.

Regular Morning Greeters: We are in great need of regular Morning Greeters--folks who would be available to volunteer one or more morning a week throughout the school year. Still just from 9-9:30am, but with a weekly or bi-weekly regularity. If you are able to volunteer for an ongoing position, please contact Neva Corrigan at nevacorr@gmail.com.

Leopard Laps!

Leopard Laps requires a lot of parent volunteers to help set up, count runners laps, hand out water & medals, and to cheer from the sidelines on Friday, September 30th:

AM Volunteers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084fa5aa2ca4fc1-leopard

PM Volunteers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084fa5aa2ca4fc1-leopard1

Fall Scholastic Book Fair


Volunteer to help us have an amazing Scholastic book fair! Please feel free to sign up for multiple time slots. Please arrange for childcare during your school day work shift for children who aren't able to sit quietly and self-manage. You must be a PTA member to sign up for cashier and handle money.

www.signupgenius.com


Current Open Board Positions:

      • Neighborhood Community Representative

      • Sensory Program Representative

The Lockwood PTA Board meets 7-8 times a year (approximately 1.5-2 hours per meeting) to plan and carry out the business and initiatives of the PTA. Below is a description of each open position:

Neighborhood Community Representative: responsibility is to make sure kids not in programs like PACE, EAP are being represented in our discussions.

Sensory Program Representative: responsibility is to make sure kidsin the sensory program are being represented in our discussions.


Current Open Committee and Lead Positions:

Events

    • School Pictures- organize volunteers to coordinate classrooms picture-taking time. (Need in September 2022)

    • Staff Appreciation-organize treat sign-ups and volunteers to help set up appreciation events. (Need in September 2022)

    • Movie Night Lead - organize the family movie night including: selecting an appropriate movie, marketing the event (flyers, submission to Weekly newsletter, etc), arrange food to be sold at the event and coordinating volunteers to sell food or other day of tasks. (Movie night usually occurs in Spring)

    • Family Dance Lead - organize the family dance including: theme selection, marketing the event (flyers, submission to Weekly newsletter, etc), arrange food to be sold at the event and coordinating volunteers to sell tickets and other day of event tasks. (Family Dance occurs in January)

    • Game Night Lead - organize the family game night including: selecting and organizing games from Lockwood PTA's game collection and marketing the event (flyers, submission to Weekly newsletter, etc).

    • Science Fair Lead - organize the science fair, including: communicating and working with teachers and Lockwood staff regarding science fair timeline and plans; marketing the event and participation instructions to Lockwood families through flyers and online promotion (Weekly, Facebook, etc); collecting registrations and coordinating the distribution of display boards to student participants; planning hands on activities for the evening event using either parent or community volunteers; organizing set up of student projects on the day of event. (Science Fair usually occurs in Spring)

    • Egg Drop Lead - organize the egg drop, including: communicating and working with Lockwood teachers and staff regarding egg drop timeline and plans; marketing the event and participation instructions to Lockwood families through flyers and online promotion (Weekly, Facebook, etc); coordinating with the fire department to choose a date and time that they are available for the event, organizing check in and drops on the day of the event. (Egg Drop usually occurs in Spring)

    • Spelling Bee Lead - organize the spelling bee, including: using supplied materials and outline to implement a spelling bee program, communicating and working with Lockwood teachers and staff regarding timeline and plans; marketing the event and participation instructions to Lockwood families through flyers and online promotion (Weekly, Facebook, etc);

    • Earth Day Event - organize an event to celebrate Earth Day

Student Programs

    • After School Enrichment Coordinator - organize after school enrichment programs for Lockwood students by coordinating with outside vendors, facilitating student registration and recruiting parent volunteers for each session to comply with Lockwood PTA's insurance requirements.

    • Drama Club - coordinate the fall and spring drama club programs, including: working with vendors to plan and schedule the sessions; facilitating student registration and recruiting parent volunteers to assist with the performances as needed.

Fundraising

  • Bingo Night & Raffle Lead - coordinate our bingo night and raffle, including: theme selection, working with Sponsorship and Prize Procurement Lead to determine prizes and raffle offerings; marketing the event (flyers, submission to Weekly newsletter, etc), arrange food to be sold at the event and coordinating volunteers to sell tickets and other day of event tasks.

  • Book Fair Lead - organize the Scholastic Book Fair in coordination with the Lockwood Librarian, including: coordinating volunteers and assisting in marketing the event to Lockwood families through flyers and online promotion (Weekly, Facebook, etc)

School & Student Support:

  • Morning Traffic - assist with morning drop off once per week from 9:10-9:30.

  • Routing Team - help count out flyers for distribution to teachers. Once per month, generally on Tuesday mornings.

  • Hospitality - coordinate snacks for PTA General Meetings and other small events throughout the year.

  • School Pictures - coordinate volunteers to assist with school picture days as needed

  • Health Screening - coordinate volunteers to assist with health screening day as needed

  • Snacks for SBA Testing - coordinate the purchase of snacks to be available to teachers for students during SBA testing

  • Parent Enrichment - coordinate speakers or educational programs for Lockwood PTA members. This can be done in collaboration with other local PTAs or as an event just for Lockwood members. Ideally we would be able to offer 2-3 events per year.

  • Yearbook Photographers - take pictures throughout the year at Lockwood activities and events.

  • Yearbook Designer - help design the layout of the yearbook pages

  • Staff Appreciation - plan and implement staff appreciation events (lunches, treats, celebrations, etc) for Lockwood staff throughout the year

  • Library Liaison/Book Fair Coordinator - Work with the Lockwood librarian to recruit volunteers to help in the library during the school day and to coordinate the fall book fair.

Committees

    • Financial Review Committee - meets 2x year to review the Lockwood PTA financial documents for compliance (Time Commitment: 2-3 hours per review)

    • Golden Acorn Committee - solicits nominations from our community for our annual recognition awards in the spring, selects the winners, purchases prizes or certificates and presents these awards at our May General Membership Meeting (Time Commitment: 4-6 hours)

    • Nomination Committee - recruit candidates for the next year's executive committee, including President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer (committee is active in the winter, Time Commitment: 4-8 hours)

    • PBIS Program & PAWS Ticket Committee - helping with weekly or monthly PAWS ticket drawings for students and promotion of the PAWS ticket program. Assist PTA PBIS Rep with other related programs and events such as the recess Happiness Party in the spring.


Other Ways to Get Involved

Do none of these seem right for you but you would still like to be involved? Or maybe you prefer to just help out the day of the event? Please email Gavin at: president@lockwoodpta.org to be added to our volunteer email list.

We will contact you as events or programs come up that need volunteers to see if you have an hour or two to help out. Many of our events and programs take 15-20 (or more!) volunteers to run... we can't do it without you! Examples of events and programs that we would solicit volunteers for include: Picture Day, Health Screening, Science Fair, Family Dance, Bingo, Leopard Laps, Book Fair and more!